Jarrod Bruce Stands in For Leo

When movie buffs watch the 77th Annual Academy Awards this weekend, no one will be cheering harder for “The Aviator” than Jarrod Bruce `02.

The biography about Howard Hughes, directed by Martin Scorsese, is up for 11 Oscar nominations, including one for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Bruce worked on the set of “The Aviator” as DiCaprio’s body double. So those hands that you see at some points and think are DiCaprio’s probably belong to Bruce. “Any shot more than 20 feet away – that’s me,” Bruce said.

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Professor Returns to School

Physics professor Mesgun Sebhatu stands as living proof that even internationally respected physicists can experience first-day-of-school jitters.

On his first day at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, he was nervous to meet so many famous physicists. “There I was, eager to learn, and I thought they would be arrogant and difficult to talk to,” the Winthrop professor confided.

In 2002, Sebhatu was one of seven physicists in the nation selected to participate in the institute’s prestigious visiting scholar program directed by recent Nobel Prize winner David Gross. Sebhatu completed his third and final two-week-a-year visit in May 2004.

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Save the date! Alumni Reunion Celebration Is April 22-23

Homecoming Win Sets Coliseum Record

Alumni and other Winthrop fans watching the men’s basketball game on Feb. 19 saw the team finish its last home game with a perfect 13-0 record in the coliseum. A record crowd of 5,254 fans cheered as the Eagles defeated High Point 74-66.

The win during a weekend of Homecoming activities was the 13th straight victory for the Eagles (22-5, 13-1 BSC) who head into the Big South Conference tournament next week. Seeded number one, the Eagles will host the first round of the tournament at the coliseum on March 1.

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Hello! Winthrop Calling

The phonathon is rocking and rolling Vegas style. Since Jan. 24, student workers manning the telephones have been busily dialing some 31,000 alumni and parents.

Phonathon proves to be a great networking tool to connect students with alumni. Student caller Alicia Kennedy, a phonathon captain, was offered a summer internship by one graduate. Another alum sent Amber Baragona, a new freshman caller, a cookbook from the recipes of the late Jean Richards Roddey, the former Winthrop housing director. Kelly Ryan, the phonathon chair, observed that: “Phonathon is a great way to meet other Winthrop students, meet alumni and stay involved on campus.”

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